housing development

noun

: a group of individual dwellings or apartment houses typically of similar design that are usually built and sold or leased by one management

Examples of housing development in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Area residents have long opposed any industrial use of the property, which sits near an elementary school as well as housing developments. — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

These housing developments were constructed in barely a year. — Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026

Construction has begun on a $200-million apartment complex in Culver City at a time when housing development in much of Los Angeles County has slowed in spite of strong demand. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Davis voters appeared to favor Measure W in the first round of election results Tuesday night, a proposal that would allow construction of the 1,250-unit Willowgrove housing development on 234 acres north of East Covell Boulevard. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for housing development

• underdevelopment
• envelopment
• redevelopment